This is an analysis of the poem White Magic that begins with:

This is the room to which she came,
And Spring itself came with her;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcXcb dXdXaeae
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 00010111 10101100 110100101 1111010 01010111 1001010 11011101 0101010 01111111 0101010 11010101 0110000 01010111 1101001 11010001 1111000
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 262
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; she is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words she, the are repeated.

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  • summary of White Magic;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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